WHAT: Pocket Village (www.pocketvillage.com) inspires global adventures for all types of budgets, lengths of vacation periods or levels of exertion. For the online travel geek, it's a new-tours-and-activities meta-search engine. The site is run by a team of travel addicts and tech geeks in Germany.

HITS: It caters to travelers ready to book a trip and those just in daydream mode. Use the wish list to add up to 40 ideas you find on the site. The list will keep for 28 days, with no sign-in or profile.

MISSES: The same travel providers, such as Airbnb, Gap Adventures and ResponsibleTravel.com, pop up over and over. More variety, please.